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ORC Resource Number #9858
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Gallery of Data Visualization: The Best and Worst of Statistical Graphics
PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY

This site offers graphical images that portray data accumulated from a range of sources (historical events, spread of disease, distribution of resources, etc.). The purpose of the collection is to give examples of the "best and worst of statistical graphics." The author contrasts the differences between the best and worst by showing how some images communicate data clearly and truthfully, while others misrepresent, lie, or totally fail to "say something." Among the images are Florence Nightengale's coxcomb graphic of deaths among soldiers and a cartogram showing the 2004 U.S. election results, an unusual map of the country in which the size of each red or blue state corresponds to its population rather than its land area. Teachers looking for examples of innovative representations of data or examples of misrepresentation will find this resource helpful. (author/th)

OHIO STANDARDS
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Mathematics Academic Content Standards
Data Analysis and Probability Standard
NATIONAL STANDARDS
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Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
Data Analysis and Probability Standard
Representation Standard
RESOURCE TYPE
Content Resource
STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
Grades 8–Postsecondary
TOPICS
Mathematics --
Representation;
Statistics;
Data display;
KEYWORDS
novel displays of data;
misuses of data
Publisher: York University
Author: Michael Friendly